Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.

Material from 2008:

3952 Abstracts
658 Slide presentations
316 Webcasts
96 Handouts
1824 e-posters
316 Multimedia files

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Phenotyping of asthma and COPD

Oral Presentation
Chairs: S. Anderson (Camperdown, Australia), G. Losonczy (Budapest, Hungary)

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Interleukin 18: implication in airway inflammation and pulmonary function in healthy and bronchitis type COPD smokers N. Rovina, E. Dima, C. Gerassimou, C. Gratziou, C. Roussos (Athens, Greece)
*Enhanced oxidative stress in the lung of klotho* mouse, an aging model, as measured by the redox status of coenzyme Q₉** H. Wada, K. Nishimura, M. Kashiba, S. Hagiwara, S. Mikura, K. Nakagaki, Y. Yamamoto, H. Goto (Tokyo, Tochigi, Japan)
Intranasal administration of leukotriene B4 selectively increases human nasal neutrophil activity H. Widegren, M. Andersson, L. Flamand, P. Borgeat, L. Greiff (Lund, Sweden; Quebec, Canada)
Measurements of sputum interleukin-5 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with eosinophilic airway inflammation M. Bafadhel, S. Saha, R. Siva, M. McCormick, P. Rugman, P. Dodson, P. Newbold, C. E. Brightling (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Exhaled nitric oxide predicts response to treatment in COPD patients with exacerbation B. Antus, I. Barta, E. Csiszer, I. Horvath (Budapest, Hungary)
Airway hyperresponsiveness to mannitol and exhaled NO are related to inflammatory subtypes in asthma C. Porsbjerg, T. Kromann Lund, L. Pedersen, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Usefulness of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) as a marker of asthma control J. Saito, Y. Inokoshi, K. Saito, N. Nakagawa, A. Fukuhara, T. Ishii, S. Sato, S. Oh, Y. Tanino, T. Ishida, M. Munakata (Fukushima city, Japan)
Airway inflammation, airway responsiveness and treatment of asthma in elite athletes T. Lund, L. Pedersen, S. Anderson, A. Sverrild, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark; Camperdown, Australia)